I took on a small brochure job a little while ago and needed to find some grungy borders and textures for the artwork. Ideally, I would be making stuff like this myself, but unfortunately time and budget often just doesn’t allow for that. So, instead of spending a whole day making textures, I spent a couple of hours scouring the web for free resources. I wanted vector grunge files rather than PNG/PSD/JPEG files because they’re scaleable and easy to manipulate.

Here’s a selection of the best.
(Most are free for commercial use, but some are just for personal – always check the terms before you download.)